G.K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton, by E. H. Mills, 1909.
Lahir	Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-05-29)29 Mei 1874 Kensington, London, Inggris
Meninggal	14 Juni 1936(1936-06-14) (umur 62) Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Inggris
Makam	Pemakaman Katolik Roma, Beaconsfield
Pekerjaan	Jurnalis, novelis, esayis
Bahasa	Inggris
Kewarganegaraan	Inggris
Pendidikan	Sekolah Santo Paulus (London)
Almamater	Sekolah Seni Rupa Slade
Periode	1900–1936
Genre	Esay, Fantasi, Apologetik Kristen, Apologetik Katolik, Misteri, Puisi
Aliran sastra	Kebangkitan sastra Katolik
Karya terkenal	The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904), Charles Dickens: A Critical Study (1906), The Man Who Was Thursday (1908), Cerita-cerita Romo Brown (1910-1935), The Everlasting Man (1925)
Pasangan	Frances Blogg
Kerabat	Cecil Chesterton (saudara)
Tanda tangan

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 Mei 1874 – 14 Juni 1936), yang lebih dikenal sebagai G. K. Chesterton, adalah seorang penulis, penyair, filsuf, dramatis, jurnalis, orator, teolog awam, biografer, dan kritikus seni dan sastra Inggris. Chesterton sering disebut sebagai "pangeran paradoks."

Chesterton lebih dikenal karena pendeta-detektif fiksi buatannya Romo Brown, dan untuk apologetik beralasannya.

Kehidupan awal

G. K. Chesterton pada usia 17 tahun.

Chesterton lahir di Campden Hill, Kensington, London, sebagai putra dari Marie Louise, nee Grosjean, dan Edward Chesterton. Ia dibaptis pada usia sebulan dalam tradisi Gereja Inggris, meskipun keluarganya sendiri terkadang mempraktikan Unitarian.

Chesterton dididik di Sekolah Santo Paulus, kemudian masuk Sekolah Seni Slade dalam rangka menjadi ilustrator. in order to become an illustrator. Slade adalah sebuah departemen University College London, dimana Chesterton juga mengambil budang sastra, namun tidak meraih sebuah gelar dalam subyek manapun.

Karya utama

Artikel utama: Daftar pustaka G. K. Chesterton

• Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (1904), Ward, M, ed., The Napoleon of Notting Hill, UK: DMU .
• ——— (1905), Heretics, Project Gutenberg, ISBN 978-0-7661-7476-4 .
• ——— (1906), Charles Dickens: A Critical Study .
• ——— (1908a), The Man Who Was Thursday .
• ——— (1908b), Orthodoxy .
• ——— (6 July 2008) [1911a], The Innocence of Father Brown, Project Gutenberg's .
• ——— (1911b), Ward, M, ed., The Ballad of the White Horse, UK: DMU .
• ——— (1912), Manalive .
• ———, Father Brown (short stories)  (detective fiction).
• ——— (1920), Ward, M, ed., The New Jerusalem, UK: DMU .
• ——— (1922), Eugenics and Other Evils .
• ——— (1923), Saint Francis of Assisi .
• ——— (1925), The Everlasting Man .
• ——— (1933), Saint Thomas Aquinas .
• ——— (1936), The Autobiography .
• ——— (1950), Ward, M, ed., The Common Man, UK: DMU .

Artikel

• "Literary Pictures of the Year," Part II, The Bookman, July/August 1900.
• "Literary Portraits of G. F. Watts," The Bookman, January 1901.
• "England’s Novelists in the National Portrait Gallery," The Bookman, January 1902.
• "Books to Read," The Pall Mall Magazine, Vol. XXVI, January/April 1902.
• "The Conspiracy of Journalism," The Pall Mall Magazine, Vol. XXVI, January/April 1902.
• "The Ways of the World: The New English Academy," The Pall Mall Magazine, Vol. XXVI, January/April 1902.
• "Five Painters and a Critic," The Bookman, April 1902.
• "Thomas Carlyle," The Bookman, May 1902.
• "Alexandre Dumas," Part II, The Bookman, June 1902.
• "Matthew Arnold," Part II, The Bookman, September/October 1902.
• "The Just-So Stories," The Bookman, December 1902.
• "Tennyson," The Bookman, December 1902.
• "Tackeray," The Bookman, April 1903.
• "The Yellow Van," The Bookman, December 1903.
• "Christianity and Rationalism." In: George Haw, ed., Religious Doubts of Democracy, Macmillan & Co., 1904.
• "Why I Believe in Christianity." In: George Haw, ed., Religious Doubts of Democracy, Macmillan & Co., 1904.
• "Miracles and Modern Civilisation." In: George Haw, ed., Religious Doubts of Democracy, Macmillan & Co., 1904.
• "The Ethernal Heroism of the Slums." In: George Haw, ed., Religious Doubts of Democracy, Macmillan & Co., 1904.
• "The Atmosphere of Matthew Arnold," The Bookman, April 1904.
• "Mr. Wells and the Giants," The Bookman, December 1904.
• "The Poetic Quality in Liberalism," The Living Age, Vol. XXVI, January/March 1905.
• "The Saint," The Bookman, July 1906.
• "Why I am Not a Socialist," The New Age, Vol. II, No. 10, 4 January 1908.
• "On Wells and a Glass of Beer," The New Age, Vol. II, No. 13, 25 January 1908.
• "The Last of the Rationalists," The New Age, Vol. II, No. 18, 29 February 1908.
• "Milton and his Age," The Oxford and Cambridge Review, 1909.
• "Objections to Socialism," The Forum, Vol. XLI, 1909.
• "The Modern Surrender of Women," The Dublin Review, Vol. CXLV, No. 290-291, July/October, 1909.
• "What is Toleration?," The Dublin Review, Vol. CXLVII, No. 294-295, July/October, 1910.
• "An Agnostic Defeat," The Dublin Review, Vol. CL, No. 300-301, January/April, 1912.
• "What is a Conservative?," The Dublin Review, Vol. CL, No. 300-301, January/April, 1912.
• "The Chance of the Peasant," Everyman, Vol. I, No. 1, 18 October 1912.
• "The Collapse of Socialism," Everyman, Vol. I, No. 6, 22 November 1912.
• "The Absence of Mr. Glass," McClure’s Magazine, November 1912.
• "A Salute to the Last Socialist," Everyman, Vol. I, No. 10, 20 December 1912.

• "The Strange Crime of John Boulnois," McClure’s Magazine, February 1913.
• "The Paradise of Thieves," McClure’s Magazine, March 1913.
• "The Man in the Passage," McClure’s Magazine, April 1913.
• "The Purple Wig," McClure’s Magazine, July 1913.
• "The Head of Caesar," McClure’s Magazine, August 1913.
• "Slavery and the American Store," The Century Magazine, November 1913.
• "Magic," The Dublin Review, Vol. CLIV, No. 308-309, January/April, 1914.
• "Wilfrid Ward," The Dublin Review, Vol. CLIX, No. 314-315, July/October, 1916.
• "The English Blunder about Russia." In: Winifred Stephens, ed., The Soul of Russia, Macmillan & Co., 1916.
• "Human Nature and the Historian," The Catholic World, Vol. CIV, No. 624, March 1917.
• "The Plan for a New War," The North American Review, Vol. 206, No. 745, Dec., 1917.
• "Stopford Brooke," The Hibbert Journal, Vol. XVI, 1917/1918.
• "Germany and Alsace-Lorraine: How to Help Annexation," The North American Review, Vol. 207, No. 748, Mar., 1918.
• "The Real Secret Diplomacy," The North American Review, Vol. 207, No. 749, Apr., 1918.
• "A Note on the New Martyrdom," The Lotus Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 2, Feb., 1919.
• "On Newspaper Proprietors," The Living Age, March 1919.
• "The Heretic and the Home Visitor," The Living Age, May 1919.
• "Mr. Shaw and the Danger of Living," The Living Age, July 1919.
• "The True Case Against Bolshevism," The Living Age, September 1919.
• "Anti-Catholic History." In: Catholic and Anti-Catholic History, The America Press, 1920.
• "The New Renascence, I: The Same Old Game," Vanity Fair, January 1920.
• "The New Renascence, II: The Machine of Tomfoolery," Vanity Fair, Vol. 13, No. 5, February 1920.
• "The New Renascence, III: Public Laws and Public Liquors," Vanity Fair, March 1920.
• "The Romance of Rhyme," The Living Age, March 1920.
• "The Fastidious Futurist," The Living Age, March 1920.
• "The New Renascence, IV: Beauty and the Bricklayer," Vanity Fair, April 1920.
• "The New Renascence, V: The Library Broken Loose," Vanity Fair, Vol. 14, No. 3, May 1920.
• "The New Renascence, VI: Nothing and the New Religions," Vanity Fair, June 1920.
• "The New Renascence, VII: The Soul of Skylarking," Vanity Fair, Vol. XIV, No. 5, July 1920.
• "The Sleepwalker and the State," Vanity Fair, Vol. XIV, No. 6, August 1920.
• "The Doctor and the Doctrinaire," Vanity Fair, Vol. 15, No. 1, September 1920.
• "The New Renascence, XI: The Wreck of the Modern Machine," Vanity Fair, Vol. XV, No. 2, October 1920.

• "Old King Cole: A Parody," The Living Age, January 1921.
• "The Next Renascence, XII: The Mad Hatter and the Sane Householder," Vanity Fair, Vol. XV, January 1921.
• "The Republican in the Ruins," The Living Age, August 1921.
• "Charles Dickens," The Living Age, February 1922.
• "The Myth of Arthur," The Living Age, September 1922.
• "Where All Roads Lead," The Catholic World, Vol. CXVI, No. 692, November 1922.
• "Are the Artists Going Mad?," The Century Magazine, December 1922.
• "The Patriot of the Planet," The Century Magazine, March 1923.
• "The Game of Psychoanalysis," The Century Magazine, May 1923.
• "A Defense of Detective Stories." In: Essays of Today, George G. Harrap & Co., 1923.
• "The World State," The Living Age, June 1925.
• "Why I Am a Catholic," The Forum, January 1926.
• "The International Irritant," The Forum, June 1928.
• "The Skeptic as a Critic," The Forum, February 1929.
• "Is Humanism a Religion?," The Bookman, May 1929.
• "The West’s Defense," The Forum, June 1929.
• "The Doom of the Darnaways," The North American Review, Vol. 228, No. 4, Oct., 1929.
• "The Inefficiency of Science," The North American Review, Vol. 228, No. 5, Nov., 1929.
• "Magic and Fantasy in Fiction," The Bookman, March 1930.
• "Keeping up with Mr. Shaw," The Living Age, July 1930.
• "The Spirit of the Age in Literature," The Bookman, October 1930.
• "Reflections on a Rotten Apple," The Forum, October 1931.
• "The Mission of Ireland," Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, Vol. 21, No. 83, Sep., 1932.
• "The End of the Moderns," The Bookman, December 1932 Rep. in The American Conservative.
• "The Day of the Lord," The American Review, Vol. I, No. 1, April 1933.
• "Sex and Property," The American Review, January 1934.
• "Seven Days," The Living Age, April 1934.
• "The Masterless Man," The American Review, June 1934.
• "A Mild Remonstance," The American Review, September 1935.
• "Persecuting the Common Man," The American Mercury, January 1936.
• "The Case Against Corruption," The American Review, September 1936.
• "Some Literary Celebrities," The Saturday Review, September 1936.
• "Portrait of a Friend," The American Review, October 1936.
• "The Huxley Heritage," The American Review, Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 1937.
• "Euthanasia and Murder," The American Review, Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 1937.
• "How to Write a Detective Story," Best Seller Mystery Magazine, March 1960.

Cerita pendek

• "The Crime of the Communist," Collier’s Weekly, July 1934.
• "The Three Horsemen," Collier’s Weekly, April 1935.
• "The Ring of the Lovers," Collier’s Weekly, April 1935.
• "A Tall Story," Collier’s Weekly, April 1935.
• "The Angry Street – A Bad Dream," Famous Fantastic Mysteries, February 1947.

Serba-serbi

• Elsie M. Lang, Literary London, with an introduction by G. K. Chesterton. London: T. Werner Laurie, 1906.
• George Haw, From Workhouse to Westminster, with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton. London: Cassell & Company, 1907.
• Darrell Figgs, A Vision of Life with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1909.
• C. Creighton Mandell, Hilaire Belloc: The Man and his Work, with an introduction by G. K. Chesterton. London: Methuen & Co., 1916.
• Harendranath Maitra, Hinduism: The World-Ideal, with an introduction by G. K. Chesterton. London: Cecil Palmer & Hayward, 1916.
• Maxim Gorki, Creatures that Once Were Men, with an introduction by G. K. Chesterton. New York: The Modern Library, 1918.
• Sibyl Bristowe, Provocations, with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton. London: Erskine Macdonald, 1918.
• W.J. Lockington, The Soul of Ireland, with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920.
• Arthur J. Penty, Post-Industrialism, with a preface by G. K. Chesterton. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922.
• Leonard Merrick, The House of Lynch, with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1923.
• Henri Massis, Defence of the West, with a preface by G. K. Chesterton. London: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1928.
• Francis Thompson, The Hound of Heaven and other Poems, with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Boston: International Pocket Library, 1936.

Bacaan tambahan

• Ahlquist, Dale (2012), The Complete Thinker: The Marvelous Mind of G.K. Chesterton, Ignatius Press, ISBN 978-1-58617-675-4 .
• ——— (2003), G.K. Chesterton: Apostle of Common Sense, Ignatius Press, ISBN 978-0-89870-857-8 .
• Belmonte, Kevin (2011). Defiant Joy: The Remarkable Life and Impact of G.K. Chesterton. Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson.
• Blackstock, Alan R. (2012). The Rhetoric of Redemption: Chesterton, Ethical Criticism, and the Common Man. New York. Peter Lang Publishing.
• Braybrooke, Patrick (1922). Gilbert Keith Chesterton. London: Chelsea Publishing Company.
• Cammaerts, Émile (1937). The Laughing Prophet: The Seven Virtues And G. K. Chesterton. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd.
• Campbell, W. E. (1908). "G.K. Chesterton: Inquisitor and Democrat," The Catholic World, Vol. LXXXVIII, pp. 769–782.
• Campbell, W. E. (1909). "G.K. Chesterton: Catholic Apologist" The Catholic World, Vol. LXXXIX, No. 529, pp. 1–12.
• Chesterton, Cecil (1908). G.K. Chesterton: A Criticism. London: Alston Rivers (Rep. by John Lane Company, 1909).
• Clipper, Lawrence J. (1974). G.K. Chesterton. New York: Twayne Publishers.
• Coates, John (1984). Chesterton and the Edwardian Cultural Crisis. Hull University Press.
• Coates, John (2002). G.K. Chesterton as Controversialist, Essayist, Novelist, and Critic. N.Y.: E. Mellen Press
• Conlon, D. J. (1987). G.K. Chesterton: A Half Century of Views. Oxford University Press.
• Cooney, A (1999), G.K. Chesterton, One Sword at Least, London: Third Way, ISBN 0-9535077-1-8 .
• Coren, Michael (2001) [1989], Gilbert: The Man who was G.K. Chesterton, Vancouver: Regent College Publishing, ISBN 9781573831956, OCLC 45190713 .
• Corrin, Jay P. (1981). G.K. Chesterton & Hilaire Belloc: The Battle Against Modernity. Ohio University Press.
• Ervine, St. John G. (1922). "G.K. Chesterton." In: Some Impressions of my Elders. New York: The Macmillan Company, pp. 90–112.
• Ffinch, Michael (1986), G.K. Chesterton, Harper & Row .
• Hitchens, Christopher (2012). "The Reactionary," The Atlantic.
• Herts, B. Russell (1914). "Gilbert K. Chesterton: Defender of the Discarded." In: Depreciations. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, pp. 65–86.
• Hollis, Christopher (1970). The Mind of Chesterton. London: Hollis & Carter.
• Hunter, Lynette (1979). G.K. Chesterton: Explorations in Allegory. London: Macmillan Press.
• Jaki, Stanley (1986). Chesterton: A Seer of Science. University of Illinois Press.
• Jaki, Stanley (1986). "Chesterton's Landmark Year." In: Chance or Reality and Other Essays. University Press of America.
• Kenner, Hugh (1947). Paradox in Chesterton. New York: Sheed & Ward.
• Kimball, Roger (2011). "G. K. Chesterton: Master of Rejuvenation," The New Criterion, Vol. XXX, p. 26.
• Kirk, Russell (1971). "Chesterton, Madmen, and Madhouses," Modern Age, Vol. XV, No. 1, pp. 6–16.
• Knight, Mark (2004). Chesterton and Evil. Fordham University Press.
• Lea, F.A. (1947). "G. K. Chesterton." In: Donald Attwater (ed.) Modern Christian Revolutionaries. New York: Devin-Adair Co.
• McCleary, Joseph R. (2009). The Historical Imagination of G.K. Chesterton: Locality, Patriotism, and Nationalism. Taylor & Francis.
• McLuhan, Marshall (1936), "GK Chesterton: A Practical Mystic", Dalhousie Review, 15 (4) .
• McNichol, J. (2008), The Young Chesterton Chronicles, Book One: The Tripods Attack!, Manchester, NH: Sophia Institute, ISBN 978-1-933184-26-5 .
• Oddie, William (2010). Chesterton and the Romance of Orthodoxy: The Making of GKC, 1874-1908. Oxford University Press.
• Orage, Alfred Richard. (1922). "G.K. Chesterton on Rome and Germany." In: Readers and Writers (1917-1921). London: George Allen & Unwin, pp. 155–161.
• Oser, Lee (2007). The Return of Christian Humanism: Chesterton, Eliot, Tolkien, and the Romance of History. University of Missouri Press.
• Paine, Randall (1999), The Universe and Mr. Chesterton, Sherwood Sugden, ISBN 0-89385-511-1 .
• Pearce, Joseph (1997), Wisdom and Innocence – A Life of GK Chesterton, Ignatius Press, ISBN 978-0-89870-700-7 .
• Peck, William George (1920). "Mr. G.K. Chesterton and the Return to Sanity." In: From Chaos to Catholicism. London: George Allen & Unwin, pp. 52–92.
• Raymond, E. T. (1919). "Mr. G.K. Chesterton." In: All & Sundry. London: T. Fisher Unwin, pp. 68–76.
• Schall, James V. (2000). Schall on Chesterton: Timely Essays on Timeless Paradoxes. Catholic University of America Press.
• Scott, William T. (1912). Chesterton and Other Essays. Cincinnati: Jennings & Graham.
• Seaber, Luke (2011). G.K. Chesterton's Literary Influence on George Orwell: A Surprising Irony. New York: Edwin Mellen Press.
• Sheed, Wilfrid (1971). "Chesterbelloc and the Jews," The New York Review of Books, Vol. XVII, No. 3.
• Shuster, Norman (1922). "The Adventures of a Journalist: G.K. Chesterton." In: The Catholic Spirit in Modern English Literature. New York: The Macmillan Company, pp. 229–248.
• Slosson, Edwin E. (1917). "G.K. Chesterton: Knight Errant of Orthodoxy." In: Six Major Prophets. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, pp. 129–189.
• Smith, Marion Couthouy (1921). "The Rightness of G.K. Chesterton," The Catholic World, Vol. CXIII, No. 678, pp. 163–168.
• Stapleton, Julia (2009). Christianity, Patriotism, and Nationhood: The England of G.K. Chesterton. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
• Sullivan, John (1974), G.K. Chesterton: A Centenary Appraisal, London: Paul Elek, ISBN 0-236-17628-5 .
• Tonquédec, Joseph de (1920). G.K. Chesterton, ses Idées et son Caractère, Nouvelle Librairie National.
• Ward, Maisie (1944), Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Sheed & Ward .
• Ward, Maisie (1952). Return to Chesterton, London: Sheed & Ward.
• West, Julius (1915). G.K. Chesterton: A Critical Study. London: Martin Secker.
• Williams, Donald T (2006), Mere Humanity: G.K. Chesterton, CS Lewis, and JRR Tolkien on the Human Condition .

Pranala luar

• Bibliowiki memiliki media atau teks asli yang berkaitan dengan artikel ini: Gilbert Keith Chesterton (domain publik di Kanada)
• G.K. Chesterton di Curlie (dari DMOZ)
• Karya G.K. Chesterton di Project Gutenberg
• Karya oleh/tentang G.K. Chesterton di Internet Archive (pencarian dioptimalkan untuk situs non-Beta)
• Karya G.K. Chesterton di LibriVox (buku suara domain umum)
• Works by G.K. Chesterton, at HathiTrust
• Arsip-arsip yang berhubungan dengan G.K. Chesterton terdaftar di The National Archives (Britania Raya)
• The American Chesterton Society, diakses tanggal 2010-10-28 .
• G. K. Chesterton: Quotidiana
• G.K. Chesterton research collection at The Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College
• G.K. Chesterton Archival Collection at the University of St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto